Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

The Mountaineers are making news and are linked to the news on college sports.

The baseball season is peaking, but even though basketball season is over and spring football ended Saturday, neither of those two is through making news. Questions about all three persist, so let's take then all on at once.

It wasn't long ago when we weren't sure of the purpose of a spring game, but those days are over. Saturday's event was pretty impressive.

Jeremy Werner of the 247Sports site Illini Inquirer shares his wisdom about Chester Frazier, Sencire Harris and Amani Hansberry.

Darian DeVries hired former Illinois assistant Chester Frazier before Frazier brought a pair of former players to WVU. The pieces are beginning to fall into place now.

It's been a few days since the panic meter was put on display. Where do things stand for WVU basketball after an important weekend?

It's still not time to panic about basketball, but let's take some time to discuss the other news in WVU's athletic department.

It's still early, but time is ticking. Darian DeVries needs bodies on his bench and on his roster. With important dates looming, this is an important week for the Mountaineers.

The pieces will begin to fall into place for Darian DeVries and his staff and roster.

It won't be long before we're learning much more about new WVU men's basketball coach Darian DeVries, but Alyssa Hertel from the Des Moines Register gives us a head start by sharing what she witnessed covering DeVries at Drake.